Rukmini BACK!

Hi Guys,

Just wondering… whether anybody heard any news about Priya- who plays Rukmini.

I read on this forum that she had an illness- possibly food poisoning.

Is that still the case?

I think the other two girls; Jambvwanti and Satyabhama are doing an excellent job.

Their acting seems very natural and last but not least Kunal plays Shri Krishna so beautifully.

i am def not impressed by the kiddish acting of satyabhama ...
and wish sagars take a new decent and good actress as Rukmini ...now ,its high time ...

I understand where you are coming from...

But bachpana was not in Satyabhama's profile. At any rate, some of her behavior w/ both Krishna and Jambavati was down and out crude, like accusing Krishna of lying when he told her that he loves her, or taunting Jambavati while playing dice re: the parijat flowers. I can see why a lot of viewers can't stand her - and she was reputed to be Krishna's favorite wife.

Rukmini does need a replacement, and it can even be a body double, who just needs to be there to play the role of Pradhyumna's mother. Once Pradhyumna returns to her, that can be her final appearance. As it is, most of Rukmini's activities - much of them in this serial hijacked by JS - are now over.

Yes it is a shame that Priya (Rukmini) missed out on a lot of the main scenes...

Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath

^^ I don't mind if they show a few family scenes with Rukmini, you know? Yes, the major story that is left centering her is Pradhyumna's birth, but they might not want a new actress to play Rukmini because her role in the show would be very short. So maybe they'll just use a body double like you said...or make Pradhyumna born to Jambavathi.

Out of all the actresses so far playing Krishna's wives, I like Jambavathi the best. She has a certain grace and dignity in the way she speaks and walks.👏 She also looks best with Vishal more than Priya and whoever is playing Satyabhama (is her name Urvashi?).

They could just use the Jambavathi actress for Rukmini and find someone else for Jambavathi.😆

If they are going to get a new actress anyway, why change Jambavati? Doesn't make sense. It still would be barely tolerable, but if they have Jambavati or Satyabhama giving birth to Pradhyumna, it would be a complete outrage. As Vik pointed out some weeks ago, it would be like substituting Draupadi for Subhadra as mother of Abhimanyu, or substituting Bhima for Arjun as the person whose chariot Krishna drives, and who has the Gita delivered.

Since they have deleted Rukmini's role in the few major arenas that she plays as Krishna's wife, it's meaningless to now have her in family scenes. Just do a body double and a bare minimal coverage for Pradhyumna, where no acting skills are needed (in fact, for Rukmini's role, not much acting skills are really needed, but Priya showed how to botch such a simple character)

I agree w/ Tina - the Sagars selected minor actresses for JS roles thinking that their roles would be limited, but for whatever reason, Priya disappeared and they had to do the heavy lifting. Had it been true to script, I'd have been okay w/ Jambavati's performance, and less so w/ Satyabhama's. I don't blame the 2 actresses so much as I blame Sagar Pictures (not Sagar Arts) for screwing this one up so badly.

I don't think they have a major spotlight on them - for a mytho, DBSK has extremely mediocre TRPs - when compared w/ JSK or ASR. Sagar Pictures deserves the blame for this for starting the serial firstly @ a strange point, and on top of that, distorting Krishna's character so badly that it turned off viewers. The first impression seemed to be the last impression, and the mediocre choice of dialogs, costumes and scripts all contributed to the abysmal ratings of this serial. Even Mahima Shani Dev Ki, which is about far lesser known events and some downright fiction, tops Imagine's charts. There is no reason DBSK shouldn't have.